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Australian magazine and news site on the home and community-based aged and disability care and support sector covering policy, research and industry news.

12/10/2026

Don't forget to follow and subscribe to The Ageing Agenda for the latest home and community care news previously covered by Community Care Review, including the news that more than 6,400 older people died while waiting for a Support at Home package that they had been assessed as needing in 2025–26.

Follow the link below to read more.

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The department’s Aged care demographics report shows a 34 per cent increase in deaths among older people waiting for a Support at Home package they have been assessed as needing.

10/10/2026

In case you missed it: this week Community Care Review joined Australian Ageing Agenda and Aged Care Insite to form The Ageing Agenda – a stronger, unified source of independent news, insight and analysis for the aged care and retirement living sectors, Apollo Care Alliance CEO Stephen Becsi sat down with TAA to discuss their unique approach to aged care, and Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Jodi Cassar warned against treating cultural safety as a one-off training exercise while discussing whether the aged care reforms are delivering for First Nations people with TAA.

This week also saw the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing publish a dataset detailing the IAT classification algorithm and Kym Molineux-Whitfield of VMCH sat down with TAA to discuss the changing shape of retirement living.

To read all of these stories and more in full follow the link below and don't forget to subscribe to the new TAA newsletter for all the latest aged care and home care news delivered straight to your inbox.

https://hubs.li/Q04zH-qw0

TAA will send an aged care and retirement living newsletter to digital subscribers every Monday and Thursday and a dedicated home care newsletter fortnightly from 13 October.

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09/10/2026

Community Care Review has now joined Australian Ageing Agenda and Aged Care Insite to form The Ageing Agenda.

Coverage previously found on Community Care Review – like how the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has published a dataset detailing the classification algorithm for older people seeking support at home – can now be found on The Ageing Agenda.

Follow the link below to read more about how the Integrated Assessment Tool classification algorithm works.

https://hubs.li/Q04zH-vF0

Make sure you don't miss out on any of the latest home and community care news by subscribing to The Ageing Agenda using the link below.

https://hubs.li/Q04zH-r30

The department has published a dataset detailing the classification algorithm for older people seeking support at home.

08/10/2026

Community Care Review has now joined Australian Ageing Agenda and Aged Care Insite to form The Ageing Agenda.

Coverage previously found on Community Care Review – like the NSW Government investing $7.2 million into an early intervention allied health pilot to help older patients recover safely at home and reduce prolonged hospital stays – can now be found on The Ageing Agenda.

Follow the link below to read more on the pilot program.

https://hubs.ly/Q04zyYcT0

Make sure you don't miss out on any of the latest home and community care news by subscribing to The Ageing Agenda using the link below.

https://hubs.ly/Q04zyYfz0

The NSW government is launching an early intervention allied health pilot to reduce the number of older Australians stranded in the state’s hospitals.

06/10/2026

University of Melbourne researchers are seeking participants for a study exploring new ways to preserve memories when older adults downsize or relocate.

The national study forms part of the Technology, Ageing, Life Experiences and Stories project, which aims to co-create innovations in digital storytelling with older adults.

Follow the link below to read more.

https://hubs.li/Q04zfc5G0

University of Melbourne researchers are seeking participants for a study exploring new ways to preserve memories when older adults downsize or relocate.

03/10/2026

In case you missed it: this week’s home and community care news included the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council deciding to continue delivering aged care services, following the government’s commitment to fund CHSP until mid-2029, and researchers from the University of Melbourne started recruiting participants for a study on how virtual and augmented reality technologies can help older people preserve memories connected to meaningful belongings.

Also this week, Curtin University and Dementia Support Australia released new dementia support resources, University of Tasmania-developed TasTest received a $2.5 million boost to support ongoing development, and a collaborative research project between Adelaide University and CSIRO on honeybee silk for smart wound care was awarded a MRFF grant.

To read all of these stories, follow the link below.

https://hubs.li/Q04yRR4f0

This is the final newsletter for Community Care Review, which will join Australian Ageing Agenda and Aged Care Insite to form The Ageing Agenda on 8 October.

To stay up to date with all the latest home and community care news and to receive The Ageing Agenda newsletters from day one, subscribe to Australian Ageing Agenda here: https://hubs.li/Q04yRQ_G0

Community Care Review is owned and operated by THE INTERMEDIA GROUP (ABN: 94 002 583 682) W: www.intermedia.com.au E: [email protected] PRIVACY & COPYRIGHT

02/10/2026

Researchers from Adelaide University and CSIRO are hoping biodegradable films made from engineered honeybee silk could form the basis of new smart wound dressings.

The findings build on over a decade of CSIRO research into the development of honeybee silk into a biomaterial platform and the promising results of this latest research have seen the research team awarded a Medical Research Future Fund grant to develop and test several smart dressings that could help prevent infections in chronic wounds.

Follow the link below to read more.

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The Adelaide University and CSIRO research team has been awarded a new grant to develop and test smart dressings that could help prevent infections in chronic wounds.

01/10/2026

With funding security for the Commonwealth Home Support Program extended to mid-2029, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has reversed its decision to withdraw from the program.

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With funding security for the Commonwealth Home Support Program extended to mid-2029, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has reversed its decision to withdraw from the program.

30/09/2026

TasTest is one of seven Australian innovations that will share $15.6 million from the second round of the CUREator+ Dementia & Cognitive Decline incubator program, an initiative of the Medical Research Future Fund.

Developed by a multidisciplinary team at the University of Tasmania the tool combines clinical neurology, dementia research and artificial intelligence to analyse hand movements, reaction time, memory, visual processing, speech and language, in the hopes it will be able to identify changes associated with dementia risk 10 to 20 years before cognitive symptoms appear.

Follow the link below to read more.

https://hubs.li/Q04yxsSs0

The tool hopes to identify dementia risk up to 20 years before cognitive symptoms appear.

29/09/2026

Curtin University has launched a free resource for translating brain health evidence into everyday actions, while Dementia Support Australia has released a new video series on living well with dementia.

Follow the link below to read more.

https://hubs.li/Q04ywZ_j0

Curtin University has launched a free resource for translating brain health evidence into everyday actions, while DSA has released a new video series on living well with dementia.

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